Monday, October 24, 2005

Broken "Vows"

You know, Terry Gross -- the host of NPR's Fresh Air -- really has a thing for the Catholic church. And, especially as she records in my town, why haven't I been in studio with her yet?

A couple weeks back, she had the anonymously gay priest on, followed-up by Joe "Gay Priests are like Pyromaniac Firemen" Fessio. Today's show looks like another all-Catholic showing: Terry's guest is Peter Manseau, author of the newly-released Vows. Manseau's father was (is?) a priest, his mother was a religious.... And, well, something else happened along the way.

Should make for interesting listening. Check your local NPR affiliate for airtimes, or listen to the audio stream which goes up here later in the afternoon. And then come here to discuss.

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One of global Catholicism's most prominent chroniclers, Rocco Palmo has held court as the "Church Whisperer" since 2004, when the pages you're reading were launched with an audience of three, grown since by nothing but word of mouth, and kept alive throughout solely by means of reader support.

A former US correspondent for the London-based international Catholic weekly The Tablet, he's been a church analyst for The New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, BBC, NBC, CNN and NPR among other mainstream print and broadcast outlets worldwide.

A native of Philadelphia, Rocco Palmo attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. In 2010, he received a Doctorate of Humane Letters honoris causa from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St Louis.

In 2011, Palmo co-chaired the first Vatican conference on social media, convened by the Pontifical Councils for Culture and Social Communications. By appointment of Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM Cap., he's likewise served on the first-ever Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese, whose Church remains his home.